Perspectives

GABE DURAM Staff Writer I’ve spilled some satirical ink this year about the awful state of modern filmmaking, and on the whole I believe our country’s entertainment is in a trite, mindless place. Yet the Academy’s choice of five exceptional films as the year’s Best Picture nominees gives me hope. I’m aware that not all of Pepperdine feels this way. In Brian Chatwin’s Feb. 2 … [Read more...] about Left-leaning films still Oscar worthy

STAFF EDITORIAL At Pepperdine we often find our eyes shifting toward “those girls.” They may be those ones in this sorority, or that sorority. They made be those ones with the Chanel bag — one for each day of the week — and beach-blonde hair to go  with  overly tanned skin. Whatever the case, they’re those girls who get the glances, the ones who catch people’s attention and … [Read more...] about NCAA-bound womens deserve praise

SHANNON KELLYPerspectives Editor Some parents forget to give their children the “sex talk,” but by college even those who missed out should have been enlightened. If not and they go to Pepperdine, they’re still up the creek since here, the letters “s,” “e” and “x” are rarely said in sequence and the actual act is a major offense (especially on campus). So for those who missed … [Read more...] about Men unfairly ignored in abortion issues

BRIAN CHATWINStaff  Writer Working in a Las Vegas casino for a number of years. I have seen everything. The most common scene is the hard-luck bettor laying down his last $20 on a long — shot bet, hoping to recover the weekend’s losses in one stroke of good luck. He either places his money on the roulette wheel or on a 30-to-1 horse in the upcoming race. If a miracle happens … [Read more...] about Politics take over King funeral

JIM COHENStaff Writer Recently, political commentator and right-wing ideologue Ann Coulter joked that Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens should be poisoned. Admittedly a joke, the statement by Coulter proved once again that her rhetoric fails to meet even relative standards of decency, honesty or intellectual accountability. For years Coulter has argued that the … [Read more...] about Coulter worse than ‘liberal media’ for devaluing Americans